One of the things that has helped me get traffic and links to my blog is simply helping other bloggers.

I often link out to other blogs and sometimes I’ll get a link back. One day, I took this linking out strategy a little bit further. I did some SEO on a post where I linked out to a popular blogger. This post got a number #1 and sent him a lot of traffic over the next couple of days.

Next thing you know, I checked my logs and I saw a lot of traffic coming from his blog. He had published a post welcoming my readers and included a link back to my blog in the post. Also, he added me to his small blogroll. I get a good amount of traffic every month from the blogroll link.

What’s great is that I didn’t ask him to do any of those things. I just helped him out and he returned the favor.

In another instance, I found a useful WordPress plugin for blogs in my niche. I emailed a few WordPress bloggers about it and one of them wrote about the plugin and linked back to me.

Now helping others doesn’t always work. Some bloggers are too busy to help you. But you’ll find that many bloggers will reciprocate and help you. As humans we naturally feel obligated to help those who help us.

Some Actions to Consider Doing

Here are some ideas for helping bloggers.

• If you have a influential account on a social media site like StumbleUpon or Twitter, try promoting another blogger’s post. Make sure to compliment them on their post and tell them that you promoted it.
• Create a really good guest post and send it to a blogger. If your post gets published, do your best to promote it.
• Bloggers will often talk about their goals and projects. Think of ways you can help them accomplish their goals and projects and then take action on one of those ways.
• Buy a product through their affiliate link and thank them for recommending that product.

Your Turn

What are some other ways you can help your fellow bloggers?